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Sources say that the group will focus on education and immigration reform, two issues that are crucial to Silicon Valley, which needs a healthy pool of talent to stay competitive.

The move signals that the tech industry is finally feeling its oats as a political force and will no longer take a back seat to old line industrial firms who spend billions on lobbying each year, according to Open Secrets.

However, Zuckerberg shouldn’t stop at education and immigration. There is a much wider range of issues that are critical to not only the tech industry, but the long-term prosperity of the United States.

“Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell.”

Last September, Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia asserted that that evolution, embryology and the big bang theory were lies straight from the pit of hell. Not to be outdone, Marco Rubio expressed confusion about the age of the earth in a GQ interview, while pointing out that “the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow.

Granted, most people aren’t aware that the big bang theory is part and parcel with quantum mechanics and therefore central to the future of information technology, but also intrinsic to technologies that we have come to depend on, such as lasers, electron microscopes and even the MRI machines that are so important to modern medicine.

In a similar vein, Darwin’s theory of evolution has become central to modern life. While critics like to deride it as a “monkey theory,” the truth is that evolutionary algorithms based on Darwin’s theory have become central to logistics systems at companies like UPS and Wal-Mart as well as important to artificial intelligence platforms such as Facebook’s Graph Search and IBMIBM‘s Watson.

While the scientific opinions of an obscure legislator from rural Georgia may seem of little import, he is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and therefore has an outsized influence over how we invest in the future.

He’s not alone either, as Wired earlier reported, Broun’s Republican colleagues hold such backward views that they have earned the nickname, “The Anti-Science Comitteee.” (Todd Akin of “legitimate rape” fame was also a member). They didn’t get there by accident. They were appointed by the House leadership and somebody, with big pockets no less, wants them there.

And that’s probably why Marco Rubio, a rising star and reportedly a contender for the 2016 Presidential nomination, was happy to offer such a muddled answer about science. If Silicon Valley won’t stand up for science and technology, who will?

Where Did The iPhone Really Come From?

Another area under assault is government funding for basic research. In his speech to CPAC, Rand Paul, another 2016 hopeful, took glee in ridiculing government funded studies.

Should we care? After all, why should taxpayers waste money on overeducated loafers in white lab coats. Many point out that icons of American innovation, such as the iPhone, are privately funded by investors with a profit motive.

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We all know that we live on a planet called by name: Earth. However it began (Big Bang) it had to have begun before evolution could have happened in any way or form, but it all happened through the will of GOD! The universe is far too intricate for it to have been an accident!